COVINGTON, Ky. - A $3.4 million plan to invest in Covington’s low- and moderate-income areas includes almost $1.4 million in programs set up to help people buy homes and to create, repair, and maintain affordable housing.
The Covington City Commission tonight will hear a presentation on the proposed budget for the CDBG/HOME Annual Action Plan for program year 2019-20. The Commis...
An event at the then-named Peaselburg Little People’s Playground last year gave residents a chance to choose equipment for its renovation.
COVINGTON, Ky. - The $80,000 rebuild of Peaselburg Park is set to begin – and when it’s finished, neighbors will see a facility designed for use by a wider age group.
“One of the coolest things happening to the park is that it’s ...
The bike “staple” anchored on Pike Street earlier this spring sees a lot of use.
Devou Good seeks to install up to 500 racks on City sidewalks
COVINGTON, Ky. - Time is running out for companies interested in bolting up to 500 bike racks, or “staples,” to sidewalks in Covington.
Friday is the deadline to respond to a request for bids (RFP) issued by the l...
Covington is joining a national effort to eradicate cigarette litter.
New ‘urns,’ campaign target cigarette litter in Covington
COVINGTON, Ky. - A cigarette butt is small - just an inch or so long - so flicking a single butt onto a sidewalk can seem an insignificant act.
Except that:
A butt is made of cellulose acetate, a plastic that can take 18 months to 10 years to...
John Purnell, supervisor of the Right of Way Division in Covington's Public Works Department, oversees the unloading of some of the City's 23½ tons worth of new street corner garbage receptacles.
COVINGTON, Ky. -- Covington’s street corners will get new trash receptacles in the coming weeks.
The City has begun receiving, in batches, the 235 receptacles it ordere...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Even an expedited, emergency repair of the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge will likely take a couple of months, Covington leaders said after hearing an update from state highway officials about the closed bridge.
The Suspension Bridge’s roadway and its upriver sidewalk were blocked off April 17 after sandstone fragments - including a chunk “large enough to ha...
A planting event last October added over 80 trees – most of them 8 feet tall – to the West Latonia streetscape.
Latonia tree-planting Saturday could use volunteers
COVINGTON, Ky. - If the Great American Cleanup last Saturday put you in the mood for outdoors “activism,” this coming Saturday presents another opportunity:
About 75 trees need to be planted along s...
A lot of hands meant a lot of bushes and plants were put in the ground Saturday near Randolph Park.
Randolph Park garden exemplifies citywide beautification efforts
COVINGTON, Ky. - About five dozen volunteers flocked to Randolph Park on Saturday morning, and they left behind fresh paint and an expanded “pollinator garden” designed to attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.
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A portrait of Ellen Battelle Dietrick hangs in the sitting room at the Covington Ladies Home, but outside its walls, few people are aware of her contributions, officials say.
Renamed ‘Battelle Lane’ salutes Covington Ladies Home founder
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The City of Covington on Friday will unveil a new name for the eastern-most tip of Seventh Street as it runs alongs...
Seasonal laborer Derrick Humphrey in the Public Works Department mows grass in Devou Park.
City has a variety of positions open
COVINGTON, Ky. - Like to work outdoors?
The City of Covington’s Public Works Department has a variety of open positions it’s looking to fill.
“It’s getting warmer, the grass and trees are growing, and there’s plenty of wor...